VILNIUS - Winter is the best season for shoe repairs. When people start coming home with wet and cold feet, they take their shoes, with holes in the soles, and rush to the repair shop."Usually, poor people come to me. People who are better off simply buy another pair of shoes," said Albinas, a friendly shoe repairman at an Antakalnio Street repair shop in Vilnius . "Sometimes, I repair shoes that were bought for Soviet rubles."The grey-haired Albinas, who has been in the business for many years, said about 30 customers visit each day during the dark, dreary month of November.Replacing both ...
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